Edson Filho is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. He is a member of the sport psychology registry of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee and an associate professor of sport psychology and counseling at Boston University. His research agenda centers on human excellence and performance optimization at both the individual and group levels of analyses, while his consultation work concentrates on elite international, college and amateur athletes. Dr. Filho has authored over 80 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters in the field of sport, exercise, and performance psychology.Itay Basevitch is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) in the USA. His main research interests are in the areas of decision-making and perceptual-cognitive skills in team sports. Itay received his PhD from Florida State University and has worked as a professor, researcher, and applied practitioner in the UK, US, and Israel.

• Preface Foreword Edson Filho and Itay Basevitch Contributors Section 1 Performance and Learning Chapter 1 Advancing Research on Efficacy Beliefs Deborah L. Feltz and Mark R. Beauchamp Chapter 2 Attention Ronnie Lidor and Gal Ziv Chapter 3 Choking Under Pressure Christopher Mesagno, Felix Ehrlenspiel, Vanessa Wergin, and Peter Gröpel Chapter 4 Flow and Clutch States Christian Swann, Scott G. Goddard, Patricia C. Jackman, Matthew J. Schweickle, and Stewart A. Vella Chapter 5 Mental Skills Dave Collins and Hugh Richards Chapter 6 Mental Toughness Robert Weinberg and Joanne Butt Chapter 7 Expert Performance Joe Baker and Brad Young Chapter 8 Decision-Making Itay Basevitch and Gershon Tenenbaum Chapter 9 Mind-Body Interaction in Sport Psychophysiology Maurizio Bertollo, Marika Berchici, and Selenia Di Fronso Chapter 10 Genetics Sigal Ben Zaken Chapter 11 Group Dynamics Edson Filho and Francisco Miguel Leo Chapter 12 Athlete Leadership Todd M. Loughead, Krista J. Munroe-Chandler, Katherine E. Hirsch, and Matthieu M. Boisvert Section 2 Health and Well-Being Chapter 13 Mental Health Brad Donohue, Gavin Breslin, and Shane Murphy Chapter 14 Affective Responses to Exercise Panteleimon Ekkekakis and Mark E. Hartman Chapter 15 Health Behavior and Exercise Adherence Selen Razon and Michael Sachs Chapter 16 Mindfulness in Exercise Psychology Sarah Ullrich-French and Anne E. Cox Chapter 17 Exercise and Aging Michel Audiffren and Nathalie André Chapter 18 Youth Sport Daniel Gould and Michael Mignano Chapter 19 Transitions and Change Roy David Samuel Chapter 20 Fatigue, Overtraining, and Burnout Robert C. Eklund and J. D. DeFreese Chapter 21 Injury and Concussion Leslie Podlog, Stefanie Podlog, and Jeffrey G. Caron Chapter 22 Moral Behavior and Doping Vassilis Barkoukis and Anne-Marie Elbe Section 3 Cultural and Professional Issues Chapter 23 Ethics Jack C. Watson II, Brandonn S. Harris, and Megan Byrd Chapter 24 Cross-Cultural, Multi-Cultural, and Intercultural Issues Thierry R. F. Middleton, Robert J. Schinke, Brennan Petersen, and Cole E. Giffin Chapter 25 Supervision Tod David, Martin Eubank, Hayley E. McEwan, Charlotte Chandler, and Moira Lafferty Afterword Itay Basevitch and Edson Filho

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